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CVE-2023-20273

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CVE-2023-20273

Published: Oct 24, 2023

Modified: Oct 21, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.2

HIGH

Description

A vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject commands with the privileges of root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands to the underlying operating system with root privileges.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco IOS XE Software

affected
16.1.1
affected
16.1.2
affected
16.1.3
affected
16.2.1
affected
16.2.2

+181 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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